Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara - al-Dubayyan

Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara (Mawsūʿat Aḥkām al-Ṭahārah: Adillah wa-Masāʾil wa-Qawāʿid wa-Ḍawābiṭ) is a multi-volume legal reference work on ritual purity (ṭahārah) by the Saudi jurist Abu Umar Dubayyan ibn Muhammad al-Dubayyan (b. 1389 AH / 1969 CE) Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…+1. Published in thirteen volumes, it is an exhaustive comparative study of purification rulings spanning both ritual and physical purity Mujam Usar Buraydah+1.

Structure and Scope

The encyclopedia is organized into two primary divisions:

1. Purification from Ritual Impurity (Ṭahārat al-Ḥadath): This section addresses non-sensory, devotional purity concerning both minor and major ritual states Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…. It spans five major topics: the rulings of water (Aḥkām al-Miyāh), ablution (al-Wuḍūʾ), wiping over barriers (al-Masḥ ʿalā al-Ḥāʾil), ritual bath (al-Ghusl), and dry ablution (al-Tayammum) Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…+1.
2. Purification from Physical Impurity (Ṭahārat al-Khabath): This section covers tangible impurities (al-Aʿyān al-Najisah) and the means of cleansing them Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…+1. It includes treatises on relieving natural human necessities and bathroom etiquette (Ādāb al-Khalāʾ and al-Istinjāʾ), the instinctive practices (Sunan al-Fiṭrah), and natural bloods, comprising menstruation and postnatal bleeding (al-Ḥayḍ wa-al-Nifās) Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…+1.

The material was developed hierarchically into constituent books, chapters, sections, sub-sections, and individual legal questions Mawsuat Ahkam al-Tahara -…+1.

Methodology

The author adopted an academic comparative jurisprudence method aimed at presenting legal questions without adherence to taqlid (imitation) Mujam Usar Buraydah+1. In each issue, the juristic positions across the madhhabs are presented first in clear, concise language, documented directly from the primary reference works of each school Mujam Usar Buraydah.

Following the presentation of opinions, the evidence (adillah) and rationales are analyzed, with the author adopting conclusions based on the strength of the textual proof al-Muamalat al-Maliyya As…+1. A distinct element of the methodology is the critical examination of hadith narrations and the authenticity of traditions attributed to the Companions and early Successors Mujam Usar Buraydah.

Publication and Reception

The encyclopedia was published in Riyadh by Maktabat al-Rushd in thirteen volumes, with its second edition appearing in 1426 AH / 2005 CE followed by subsequent editions Mujam Usar Buraydah+1.

The work received commendation from various Saudi scholars, including Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan, and Abdullah ibn Jibreen Mujam Usar Buraydah. It was reviewed in al-Jazirah newspaper and profiled by Muhammad ibn Nasir al-Abudi in Mu'jam Usar Buraydah, who commended its exhaustive coverage, systematic analysis, and the author's dedication to primary evidence across Islamic jurisprudence Mujam Usar Buraydah+1.